EP108 - Tells the story of the master of emotions, the 'second Breughel"... the painter Adriaen Brouwer. Who lived in the early 17th century, shifting between Amsterdam and Antwerp.
We look at his life and paintings, and his role in history.

EP107 of the Random history of #Belgium, deals with another food item important to our history, we'll talk about Brussels Chicory, #Witloof or Endives.
We'll look at what it is, how it was discovered and how it's cultivated over time. #BelgianHistory

EP106 - The 3rd part of our Origins of the Belgian election system episide, and we go through the 1949 to more recent years, the regions gain importance, we see a few notable elections like the one of 1971 and 1991 and their impact, we also look at the evolution of the seat distribution.

EP105, the 2nd part of the origins of the Belgian election system, we start with 1899 to 1949 and the adaptations made along the way for a more stable and math based seat distribution in parliamant, we go over the social struggles and women's suffrage.

In this episode in our origins series, we'll look at the origins of the Belgian election system, its evolution and we'll look at the first provisional governement for Belgium. We'll recap some early history and look at the 19th century evoltion of our elections in this first part.

In EP103 we take a look at speculaas and speculoos, but also one of the biggest brands of biscuits in Belgium: Lotus.
We look at the pastries and company history.

With EP102 we visit the 1990s politics during a food scandal, leading to some key moments in political history. We look at what this crisis was all about, how it physically came to be and take a look at the repercussions, political fallout and the key figures playing a role in it.

EP101 - We look at the mini-state or territory that existed for 100 years within the current Belgian borders: Neutral-Moresnet.
We look at its strange start, the economy, the Mosselman family and the many aspects that made this a special place in between their neighbors like Germany and The Netherlands.

This is the 100th episode of the Random history of Belgium.
"I'm still kicking."

In Episode 99 of the Random history of Belgium we look at one of the subjects I've very briefly talked about during the Battle for Belgium episodes. Fort Breendonk. A SS-run concentration camp during WWII.
We look at the stories, the victims and a history of the Fort.